“Southway Primary School won the sportsmanship award for being the best sporting team and Mr Collins’ team from Barnham Primary School were the winners of our first annual Toby Cup Football Tournament.”

ks1500263-2 'Football team members taking part in the fundraising football match

He wanted to help because his son is a good friend of Toby and was pleased to announce a grand total of £540 was raised.

“All the children enjoyed a fun-packed day, even seeing Elsa from Frozen, courtesy of Razzle Dazzle Promotions, plus Spiderman, Iron Man and Captain America, thanks to Simply Marvel’ous,” he added.

“We would like to thank the schools involved, our main sponsor Fakey Xtreme and all companies and individuals who were involved to making this day a success.”

Toby’s dad, Ian Booker, said a further £248 had been raised at the weekend at Replay Live!, a gig at Stage by the Sea in Littlehampton.

The band was joined by special guest Easthead for the afternoon performance on Sunday, raising money for the campaign.

The family, who live in Havelock Road, Bognor Regis, are around a quarter of the way towards the £40,000 needed for a selective dorsal rhizotomy operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

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